SUZETTE MULLEN IS THE author of the recent memoir, The Only Way Through Is Out, just out from University of Wisconsin Press. She’s the founder of Your Story Finder where she provides nonfiction book coaching. In 2021, she published a Tiny Love Story in The New York Times that was the seed that became her […] The post When is the Time Right to Write a Piece? With Suzette Mullen appeared first on Memoir coach and author Marion Roach ..read more

KEVIN BAKER IS AN HISTORIAN, novelist, political commentator and journalist. The author of six novels, he has authored and co-authored numerous non-fiction books and is a regular contributor at The New York Times. His work has appeared in American Heritage, Harper’s, The Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, and […] The post How to Write About American Culture, with Kevin Baker appeared first on Memoir coach and author Marion Roach ..read more

ANI GJIKA IS AN Albanian-born literary translator, writer, poet and and author who moved to the US at age 18 and earned an MA in English at Simmons College and an MFA in poetry at Boston University. Her honors include awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, English PEN, the Robert Pinsky […] The post How to Revisit and Write About Trauma, with Author Ani Gjika appeared first on Memoir coach and author Marion Roach ..read more

FELICE COHEN IS A PUBLISHING POLYMATH. She knows about many things and has written about them, lectures about them, thereby defying all the laws of publishing that usually advise a writer to stay in one lane. I reached out to Felice because I think she is the best person with whom to discuss the value […] The post The Value of Writing Our Stories with Felice Cohen appeared first on Memoir coach and author Marion Roach ..read more

  KATE COHEN IS A contributing columnist for The Washington Post. She’s the author of three books, including We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (And Maybe You Should Too), just out from Godine. Among the many things we discussed, we took on the concept of how to write with authority. I […] The post How to Write With Authority with Kate Cohen appeared first on Memoir coach and author Marion Roach ..read more

THE LAST TIME I interviewed her for QWERTY, I opened by saying that it’s possible that Joanna Penn is the hardest working writer on Earth. Well, now I’m sure of it. Considered an authority on writing fiction, writing nonfiction, marketing, making a living in writing, as well as the future of creativity, Joanna is a […] The post How to Write a Memoir with Bestselling Author Joanna Penn appeared first on Memoir coach and author Marion Roach ..read more

  VIRGINIA SOLE-SMITH IS a New York Times bestselling author whose reporting on diet culture, health and parenting has appeared in The New York Times, Scientific American, and many other publications. She also writes the popular anti-diet newsletter Burnt Toast and hosts the Burnt Toast Podcast. In all, she knows how to write into others’ […] The post How to Write Into Others’ Biases with Virginia Sole-Smith appeared first on Memoir coach and author Marion Roach ..read more

    ALLISON K. WILLIAMS IS a master at what she does. Her work is engaging, helpful, instructive and wonderful to read. Her voice, which she has developed over the years, hints at all the many people she is and has been along the way to her vibrant writing, publishing, performing, teaching and editing career. […] The post How Many Drafts Do You Need? Listen to Allison K. Williams appeared first on Memoir coach and author Marion Roach ..read more

LIKE EVERY OTHER WRITER, author Matt Mendez knows the saying to “write what you know,” though he is far more invested in writing about what you don’t know. Listen in and read along as we discuss that, and so much more.   Powered by RedCircle   Marion: Today my guest is writer Matt Mendez. He’s […] The post Writing About What You Don’t Know with Matt Mendez appeared first on Memoir coach and author Marion Roach ..read more

HOW TO BREAK INTO publishing in a non-traditional way is the area of expertise of Roxan McDonald, who quit the nonprofit world to dedicate herself to full-time writing and spreading her brand of edgy, playful, often irreverent spirituality and personal development. In 2013, she launched an Instagram account which has grown into vibrant communities on […] The post How to Break Into Publishing in a Non-Traditional Way, with Roxan McDonald appeared first on Memoir coach and author Marion Roach ..read more